One day when he was mad like that, his brother came to him and spoke some word of blame upon another matter.

He killed him, as he might have killed his wife and children or himself, being in that state of mind devoid of reason.
When he awoke and saw what he had done, he wished to kill himself.' 'It is from Allah! His remorse is punishment,' exclaimed Rashid.

'Why should he go to prison?
He has had enough.' 'Nobody of this country would have thought of punishment for him,' replied the spokesman of the murderers, with rueful smile.

'But his brother was the servant of a foreign merchant--a Greek from overseas, I think it was--who put the business in his Consul's hands, and so----' The speaker clicked his thumbnail on his white front teeth to signify finality.

'But the poor man himself does not object; it seems indeed that he is glad to go with us.